Books by and for independent women

A review of the launch event for Granta’s online archive, featuring Salman Rushdie.

Sara Teresa on why City Lights is one of the things she misses most about San Francisco.

On the anniversary of Jack Kerouac’s legendary road trip, Alex Herod explains why she loves him.

A preview of this weekend’s Salinger Saturday, including cocktails, music, readings and art.

Jess Haigh explains her love for the central character of Dodie Smith’s I Capture The Castle.

Bookshelf wallpaper for mountains of books in every room, without danger of literary avalanches.

“A hard-boiled bitch with a blood-soaked score to settle”? Sounds like our kind of girl…

Coming soon: For Books’ Sake hosts a literary fundraiser for Ladyfest Ten!

We went to see Jackie Kay chat about Red Dust Road at the London Literature Festival.

We went along to see Jeanette Winterson give the annual Southbank Centre Lecture.

A radical and community bookshop with 30p cups of tea? We’re so there.

Corsages by Nellie & Elsie, featuring illustrations and text from Lewis Carroll’s classic.